Are There Any Stable Cloud Hosting Options To Replace Dedicated Server?
I've got a dedicated server through Liquid Web. I can't say enough about how great the reliability and service has been since I switched over to them a number of months ago.
Nevertheless, with the advent of cloud hosting, I'm intrigued by the idea of paying for what I actually use on a server rather than having way more capacity than I need 90% of the day.
I've looked around here and there's a bit of talk about it but it doesn't seem like folks are scrambling into it and it also appears that the offereings are still relatively immature.
I really don't have the time to devote to tweaking, etc or figuring out something really complicated.
I'll stick to my dedicated server if it means tons of extra work or potential downtime or massive frustration but I wanted to get some feedback from the community about whether or not there are some stable cloud hosting options that are emerging that might be worth considering.
View Complete Thread with Replies
Sponsored Links:
Related Forum Messages:
Cloud Dedicated Hosting
I currently rent a dedicated server from HiVelcity, and I'm very unhappy with it (unstable as hell, faulty hardware, etc.) I am about to launch a new web application running on LAMP (P=PHP, i.e. Symfony)... And I'm expecting some heavy traffic on release day... I already know my current server can't survive being Dugg (been on the homepage several times), and was wondering maybe I should consider the so-called cloud hosting services being offered... Or just go with a new more powerful dedicated server. What do you guys think would be best for a PHP+MySQL heavy site that is expecting a rush of traffic? Also, if I choose something like (mt)Grid-Service, or Mosso, do I sacrifice future customizability (e.g. Sphinx, MemCache)? I have to say the ease of use is tempting for a non-linux guy like me, but I don't want to be constrained in the future because of current choices. Thanks.
View Replies!
View Related
Grid / Utility / Cloud Hosting Worth Pursuing? (vs. Dedicated)
I'm planning on launching a php-based web application within a month or two and am weighing different hosting options. I was almost certain with my plan to use two dedicated servers (one for web, one for db) but I can't help reading about all of these new grid/cloud/utility hosting solutions that promise instant scalability and deployment - which sounds like a blessing. I know there is a lot of garbage and marketing hype so I felt I should ask what the real deal is. Are these services reliable, worth using, really that easy to use, powerful, etc? I was looking at gogrid's demo videos and to instantly launch a few web servers, a db server, load balancer, etc, in 15 minutes for 30% of the cost - I can't ignore it. So whats the deal?
View Replies!
View Related
UK Dedicated Server Options - Rent Or Buy?
Have been snooping on these forums for a while and doing my research but now I need some advice. Hope you can help... I currently have a dedicated server with 1&1 hosted in Germany and running 15-20 small company/friend websites. Whilst I have been reasonably happy with 1&1 (mainly down to their dashboard and reboot/restore/serial console functionality and prices), it's time for an upgrade. I am also looking to move back to the UK in order to get a UK based IP and slightly reduced latency, I understand I will have to pay a little more for the luxury! I'm looking at a dedicated server with the following specs: - Single Dual/Quad Core Processor - Min 2GB RAM - Min 2 x 160GB HDD + Hardware RAID 1 - 2TB data/month should be OK - CentOS 5 (other *nix?) - Plesk (cPanel?) - 10GB NAS Backup - Remote Reboot Port Budget is around £100/month. At the moment it's between UK2, WebFusion, UK Servers, Poundhost, RapidSwitch and 34sp. I need to get quotes from DediPower, UK Fast & UK Dedicated... The other main option is to buy a reasonably-specced Dell PowerEdge R200 (or equivalent?) and colo it. A machine with Quad Core Intel Xeon X3320, 2.5GHz, 2x3MB Cache, 1333MHz FSB, 2GB RAM, 2 x 250GB HDD, RAID 1 would cost about £700. Add colo from RapidSwitch and a Plesk license and the total is around the same as the best dedi offer. Would welcome your thoughts on the benefits and pit-falls of renting vs. buying and recommendations for each based on my preferences. At the moment I'm swaying towards the buy and colo option as costs in year two will me much lower and I can resell/upgrade the hardware, but perhaps I'm missing something...
View Replies!
View Related
Decide Between VPS, Dedicated Server Or Cloud
we are about to launch the public version of our website, and we are having trouble deciding which type of server to start with. We've reading a lot and contacting all providers to get a quote, but we haven't been able to take a decision. Maybe somebody with more experience can help us... - most of our users are going to be (for the time being) in Spain. We plan to move to other markets in the future, but not before one year. - we understand that the server location (or it's IP address) is important in terms of SEO, that's why we've been looking into spanish providers or providers that offer spanish IPs. This SEO thing is the main reason we have ignored Amazon ec2, which, on the paper, seems to be a very good option for websites that expect to increase their traffic rapidly. - we are going to start with very few users, but we expect to be in >5000 users/day very soon. Hopefully, we will keep a steady growth for the next months, but this is something we can't anticipate for sure. - our website is based on PHP&MySQL. Each user consumes quite a lot of memory, and queries to the database are very frequent and quite heavy in processing. On the local version (iMac - 3.06GHz Intel Core 2 Duo - 2GB RAM), a typical query from a single user takes around 2 seconds. We still have to do some optimization, but there is not much room for it left... - our budget is 150-200 Euro/Month, but we would be able to increase it in case we find out it is needed in order to have a decent website. - we are no experts in Linux sys-admin, but we can do the basic stuff, such as installing, configuring Apache, etc. Therefore, we need 'something' that is powerfull enough to satisfy our users and that is easily&transparently scalable in case we have a sudden increase of users. From our readings on this forum and others, we understand that VPSs are not powerfull enough for us. On the other hand, dedicated servers are not easy to adapt to an increase in the number of users. Finally, in Spain we have found that Arsys is offering what they call 'cloud server', which looks similar to Amazon's ec2. We haven't been able to find any objective review on this Arsys offering, so we don't know how good it is. Anyone has worked with this system?
View Replies!
View Related
Cloud Computing On Real Dedicated Server?
I noticed some cloud computing service providers, like, amazon, gogrid, etc. are all based on XEN server, is there any provider offers cloud computing on real dedicated server? another question is, anyone knows the difference between traditional cluster and cloud computing. I did not see big difference based on their own description.
View Replies!
View Related
Australian Based Virtual Private Server (VPS) Hosting Options?
have a number of vps servers with USA based VPS hosts, very happy with these companies but as they are USA based load time could be improved with AU based server. Also search engine considerations as well fictate we need to offer AU based hsoting. So now looking to setup future accounts a little closer to home with australian based vps hosting Does anyone know of a really good, fast, reliable affordable vps host offering cpanel/whm vps hosting in a top notch australian data centre. hoping to pay arounf $100 per month, with room to grow when we have more clients on the server... This is the average package we are on with us based hosts so looking for something as close as possible to this... $89 Monthly $0 Setup 2 GB Burst RAM 512 MB Guaranteed RAM 20 GB Storage 500 GB Monthly Transfer 4 IP Addresses Unlimited Domains Unlimited User Accounts Cpanel/WHM Minimum Server Specs Dual Xeon 3 GHz or Better 8 GB Registered ECC RAM U320 SCSI HD in Hardware RAID 10 Zero Downtime During Drive Failure Hot-Swap Drives and Fans Replaceable on the Fly Dual Gigabit Network Interfaces If anyone can point me in the direction of some reputable companies id be very happy! Yes i have searched the forum but cant really find mention of good australian based vps hosts.
View Replies!
View Related
Is Hosting On Vps Servers Are Stable
Well haven't managed hosting on vps machines yes so I am wondering that how much this type of machine suit for running a hosting business ? Very honestly I think that people use vps for temporary bases and later they move to individual servers. I will appreciate your opinion.
View Replies!
View Related
WHM: Cloud Vs VPS Vs Dedicated
I've just spent 20-odd minutes on the live chat to someone at SoftLayer to ask if there is any advantage using Cloud Servers over a VPS / Dedicated for a WHM/CPanel system. Unfortunately I didn't receive any answer other than "WHM would work in a Cloud server with certain types of OS only". Strange answer. Can anyone shed any light on this?
View Replies!
View Related
Dedicated Vs Rackspace Cloud For Classified Site
I'm currently running two classified ad sites with a php script and a mysql database. Both just launched, but I expect them to have decent traffic within 1 year. Here are the two options I'm currently considering: 1. a fully managed dedicated server such as Wiredtree provides. This will roughly cost me between $250 and $350/month. 2. go with Rackspace Cloud. Take advantage of their $100/month and then just pay as you go as traffic increases. It's a hard decision.
View Replies!
View Related
Error: /etc/rndc.key:7: 'options' Redefined Near 'options'
I've got a dedicated with Centos 4.x, WHM / Cpanel. I have problem when create new account, this is error: Setting up Mail & Local Domains...localdomains...valiases ...vdomainaliases...vfilters......Done Configuring DNS...Bind reconfiguring on server using rndc Error reconfiguring bind on server: rndc: error: /etc/rndc.key:7: 'options' redefined near 'options' rndc: could not load rndc configuration
View Replies!
View Related
Single Dedicated Vs. Multiple Mosso Cloud Servers
I have been very interested in Mosso for quite some time, though Cloud Sites didn't seem quite right for what I needed with the compute cycles they had. However, their fairly new Cloud Sites looks very interesting, and their sales people at least will have me believe load balancing with several server instances will be superior to my current dedicated server. Right now I have a server with Liquid Web that costs me $424/mo and 4x Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz with 4GB of RAM. The average load on the server is anywhere from 30% at low times to 70-80% at peak times and memory usage is usually 20-50%. On average there are about 1000 mysql queries per second as the site is very ajax-intensive (hence Cloud Sites being way too expensive). I don't really know the difference and technical side of all of this, I just program and do the business side of things, but I really like what Mosso has and am wondering if I would get a performance boost going with their Cloud Servers (Going with something like 8 server instances at 512mb RAM each @ only around $200/mo including bandwidth). Also, would I want to load balance all 8, or do something like 4 running the mysql and the other 4 serving the actual site?
View Replies!
View Related
Replace Linux With Windows Server Via Vkvm
I'm trying to replace my Linux OS with Windows Server 2003, which I already have a license. I'm talking about OVH Kimsufi XL. Following support's instructions, I booted my dedicated with netboot, specific with vkvm option. Then I specified an ftp location, (where there is my "totally working" .iso), and I started the virtual session. After some mins, a java windows appears, and starts the vnc session. After usual linux loading, it stops on this : Code: VFS: Cannot open root device "801" or unknown-block(8,1) Please append a correct "root=" boot option; here are the available partitions: 0300 244198584 hda driver: ide-gd 0301 5245191 hda1 0302 238428687 hda2 0303 522112 hda3 Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(8,1) And, besides I cant write a letter!
View Replies!
View Related
Hosting Options For Video
Just curious if any of you know of good ways to handle the bandwidth costs associated with hosting high traffic video sites. For a future project I plan a dedicated server, but was hoping there might be a cheap way to avoid bandwidth costs - such as Amazon S3 (however from my calculations this is an expensive option).
View Replies!
View Related
Hosting Deal Gone Wrong. On Options.
I represent a small software development company out of Bellevue, WA. For the longest time we had our server (3U rack) based in Sunny Southern California. We were paying $150/m for 3mbit connection with six IPs. We use the server for work as well as hosting a gaming community. We'd host half-life 2 servers for friends and family for the longest time. We began to go over our monthly bandwidth allocation limits late last year and had to shell out for the overage charges. Not a big deal. However, a good friend of one of my associates said he could get us free hosting up here in Seattle if we moved our machine. I was skeptical, but he said he knew someone who was an employee at one of the major datacenters here in Seattle and that she could get us in as long as we hosted her website. We moved our box in November of 2006. It is now March 6, 2007, and we just received word that we've been had. I guess the employee at said datacenter broke some rules and as a result lost privilages to host her own private machine. So, while she was busy leading us along, we were basically frozen as a small start-up company as our servers were offline and our ability to function without this machine online was greatly hindered. So, today I was turned onto this website as a place to find answers to questions about hosting. Well, here's my question. Does anyone know of anywhere in the Pacific Northwest and/or Northern California that provides affordable hosting and quality service? We're looking for rack space for our 3U server and a 3mbit connection. Ideally we'd like more bandwidth than this as 3mbit wasn't enough at our old location... however, considering the amount of loss we've taken during this disaster, we'll settle for anything. We also only need 1 IP, but more wouldn't be a bad thing. The key word here is affordable. We are starving college kids and hosting is expensive. We're quite desperate, so any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Again, we're looking for cheap/affordable hosting sollutions in the Pacific Northwest that meets the above requirements.
View Replies!
View Related
Cloud Hosting Questions
I need another server upgrade, hosting package upgrade. I'm looking into cloud hosting because of the scalability. What's the best #1 Reliable #2 Great Support #3 Affordable cloud hosting company. Rackspace seems to be great on #1 and #2 i guess but #3 they are a bit more expensive. I know someone is going to say "you get what you pay for", but thats why i put Affordable at #3.
View Replies!
View Related
Pro's And Con's For Web And Database Hosting Options
I'm currently working for a company who are looking to migrate there current business system and also create an e-commerce website. The company (Company A) who were doing the migration were also going to originally take care of the e-commerce side of things aswell, but after looking at the website solution they have now decided to give it to another company (Company B) to deal with. But seem to be sticking with the original company to do the business system migration. Now this has created a bit of a problem with regards to the hosting side of things (amongst other things ). Originally this was all going to be hosted by Company A. This would keep it all nicely integrated. But now Company B are doing the e-commerce side of things it needs to somehow integrate with the business database. And now for the question (about time i hear you ask ). Can you give me the pros and cons of the following scenarios: Scenario A: We host both business system (database) and webservers onsite. Scenario B: Company A hosts business (database) solution. We host webserver. Scenario C: Company A hosts business (database) system. Company B hosts webserver.
View Replies!
View Related
Cloud Hosting And Amazons Web Services
hosting company that will allow me to expand as much as I like in terms of RAM, Storage and Bandwidth without having to move from a dedicated server to another dedicated server each time. I guess the answer is something like Amazons Web Services (AWS). However, I haven't heard great things about them, but I wanted to know what everyone thought of them and any other similar cloud services that is more affordable and reliable.
View Replies!
View Related
Shared Hosting Vs. Dedicated Server Hosting
Do website builders generally go with shared hosting or dedicated server? I mean, if they work on several websites would they get a dedicated server instead of shared? From what I understand through reading shared hosting is basically if you only have one website. So one with multiple websites would go with a dedicated server?
View Replies!
View Related
Best Option Backing Up Cpanel Server To A Cloud
I'd like to back one of our servers up using S3 but I'm not sure the best way to go. Server is using CPanel. Obviously I want to keep costs down. I need the files to be secure, backups need to be nightly incremental, and I need to be able to restore to another CPanel server fast in case of hardware failure. CPanel supports FTP for backups. I currently back up to another server, but I want to move to the cloud. Specific questions I have: 1. Any recommendations on a cloud backup service (S3, Rackspace, etc?), and why? 2. Any recommendations on tools? I want this to be simple to set up. As easy as setting up an FTP account. 3. Is there another option I should consider? That server has about 62GB of data on it to be backed up.
View Replies!
View Related
Dedicated Server Or Own Hosting
I have a client that wants to expand their website with a downloads section that has thousands of files and tens of gigabytes. I'm considering two options: 1. dedicated hosting: - Is it an advantage to use a dedicated hosting service in the same city as opposed to one in another country? - How would I go about changing hosting providers if one doesn't work out? - How would I go about making and restoring backups? - How does one access a dedicated hosting machine nowadays? Is it still via Telnet or something like that? 2. own hosting - Do you think it's practical to have a dedicated server and link in company offices? - Do the benefits of being easily able to change internet link providers and to make snap daily backups outweigh the benefits of a hosting provider's reliable infrastructure? This dedicated server would only be a file server. The website itself would be on a normal hosting platform that would just redirect users to the dedicated server for the files to be downloaded. How is this kind of thing usually done?
View Replies!
View Related
File Hosting Dedicated Server
One of my Clients asked me about what kind of server would be great and can handle File hosting website like Rapidshare, Megaupload and Adrive? He just wants to start it here in Arab market Specially [Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE] in hope to do something special with good service. He will give the visitors two options:- Free uploading max: 100 MB per file. Premium uploading max: 1000 MB per file. Also he asked which kind of file uploading script can handle this. with high fast upload/download speed About the budget for the first 3 months he want to pay max 250/m after this, if everything is okay he can pay up to 500~1000$ per month. Nop By the way... most of the Arab market still looking for Rapidshare & 4shared alternatives. As well as they need website in Arabic language with easy steps to use. Server should come with cPanel/WHM High Premium Bandwidth.... [Most Important] Managed will be wonderful but unmanaged is ok.
View Replies!
View Related
Dedicated Server Vs Shared Hosting...
I am working on creating a social networking website. It will have approximately 2500 members with about 1/2 using video. I spoke to 2 different programmers through rent-a-coder. One told me to get a dedicated server through GoDaddy that runs me about $120/mo. The other programmer told me that there was no way that I would need that much and I could get a shared hosting package for $10-$20/mo and that would work fine. He said that a dedicated server wouldnt be necessary unless I was getting a ton of hits to my site or needed to host multiple sites. I inquired about it with GoDaddy and when I mentioned I was doing a social networking site, they said I would need the dedicated server. I am hiring someone to build the site since it is beyond what I am capable of, so I am clueless on who is correct.
View Replies!
View Related
Been Denied By Three Hosts For Dedicated Server Hosting
I have quite the story to tell. I have been denied service by three hosts within the past week for no particular reason. I have been conducting business for over three years and have a US-registered legitimate business to run, and am in need of two dedicated servers of my specifications in multiserver configuration to meet my needs. At all three of these hosts, I have chatted over live chat with the salesman getting me excited to venture with them, only to be let down and rejected service - as their own right, to refuse anyone for their service. The first company was HiVelocity, the second was WiseDedi, and the third is BuzzServers. All companies had given me false hopes and promises - I actually put in a preorder at Buzz Servers for this upcoming Monday for two servers. What's going on with this industry, and particularly, this forum? I've never had a problem with hosts in the past, or dedicated server hosting specifically. I'm moving, or looking to move to a new host, because I need a multiserver configuration - my current host could not configure it properly with DirectAdmin, and asked me to find another host to do this, and here I am, going back and forth between companies and getting rejected of service. My company is not illegal nor does it represent any sort of threat, and has been online and established for years. I also pay on time via some sort of subscription, whether that be PayPal or 2Checkout, or even Google Checkout. I've never had a negative feedback, either. I don't understand how or why this is happening, because now for the third time I've been denied by three hosts. Each and every have wasted my time by offering me their service and servers at the pricing I can afford ($350/mo), only to tell me later that the manager is denying my service. What's going on with this industry? Can anyone actually recommend me a solid, stable, established hosting company? ALL of the hosts that have rejected me are brand new, unestablished, and incompetent from what I see - they reject my business. Surely I will be there to speak out against them, and for good services, I always write good reviews and testify for them. Rob at HiVelocity banned me from their live chat support for asking about why my service was denied, and now Richard Anderson of Buzz Servers booted me from chat after I asked why as well with the answer "as a business we have the right to refuse.." - if it's not written on the website, that is not a right I believe as that is discrimination. You'd think with someone with a good reputation like me, whose been around for years, I'd get a bit more respect than false hopes and promises, when I need a solution...now.
View Replies!
View Related
Can't Run PHP Stable With Versions Above 5.0.3
Windows 2003 IIS6 PHP 5.0.3 and PHP 5.2.1 running with the ISAPI dll MySQL 5.1.11 I kind of have 2 problems, the first being the one in the thread title and the second is while running any version of php my main site experiences slowdowns and hangs. For some reason whenever I try to install a new version of PHP I have major problems. I have tried several times when new versions come out. I just recently tried the newest, 5.2.1, which I want to try and use, I think there are performance improvements for IIS and windows platform in the new 5.x versions? Anyway I can install 5.2.1 and get it running, and my sites load, but soon after my main site starts to hang, stops loading or loads extremely slow. I can't figure it out. I even tried using the exact same PHP.ini settings from my old working php install. So everytime I am forced to go back to the latest version that I know works with my server/sites, 5.0.3 [url] If I restart IIS the pages start loading fast again right after, even recycling the worker process that the site uses usualy makes the pages load normal again. I tried setting the worker process to recycle every 60min and to use 2 web gardens. These changes havn't really had any affect for better or worse. Downgrading back to PHP 5.0.3 seems to run a bit more stable, but even with this version I get these slowdowns now. I have been running my site(s) on this server for 3 years now and most of the time they have ran stable. -------------------------------------------------------- I was sleeping this morning and recieved a text-message saying the site wasn't loading. So I wake up and the site indeed was pretty much not loading at all. I look at permon that I left running to see this: [url] I give IIS a restart, which you can see above, then the levels go back to normal, here is a screen shot a couple minites later to what the "Current Connections" graph usualy looks like when the site loads fine. [url] During this slowdown the CPU usage was not maxing out, was maybe averaging 60% and ram was 50%. I am getting a 2nd server soon to off-load the MySQL to it and have it dedicated for that. But i don't think that will help this current issue. Here is the system resources when the site is loading fine: [url] I have around 40 or so other sites hosted on IIS and my main site "canadaka.net" which is purple on the top graph, is the only one that hangs or slowsdown. When this slowdown happens to this site, all the other sites on IIS, which are on a seperate worker process, continue to load fine. I can't figure out why these slowdowns are happening.
View Replies!
View Related
VPS Or Dedicated Server?? Or Stick With Shared Hosting?
VPS or Dedicated Server?? Or stick with shared hosting? I currently use a shared hosting reseller account with HostGator for $24.95 which gives me 24 GB disk space and 250 GB RAM and allows me to host unlimited domains. It has cPanel, WHM and it is managed. I've used them for two years and they are awesome! Currently, I have about 20 very small domains hosted under my hosting account: all are very small and require no bandwidth or disk space whatsoever. EXCEPT, I have two or three domains which are solely used for e-commerce which is why I am considering upgrading to a VPS or dedicated-server.Background on the business:Users visit the site (300 visitors a day) and use the shopping cart to place an order for the software which ranges from $50-$300. An account is created for them in which they can login to download the software packages which range from 10 MB to 100 MB file size. They then install it on their computer and activate it with the license key number. Upon activation, the installed software connects with our backend of our website to update their account with their computers fingerprint. Each time the software is executed, their computer connects with our licensing server to verify legitimate usage. Our backend has access to their billing information and licensing; therefore, security is a must.We have about 4,000 users. Recently, with the business growing, I am not sure if I should be looking for a VPS or dedicated-server solution. With HostGator I'm paying $300 a year (and everything is running seamlessly). Or, I can switch to VPS for $500/yr and dedicated server for $2000/year. My budget is open, though I don't want to get anything that is overkill for the logistics of my business. What I current use and need:*Space: Up to 10 GB *Bandwidth: Up to 100 GB*Reliable, 99.9%+ uptime and MANAGED server*Daily backups*Good support (i.e. installing SSL certs, firewall)*Secure*cPanel*Allow me to host other my other non-business websites (1 big forum with 500 visitors/day and 19 very small parked sites) *IONCube support*I will have to get SSL for a few of my sites. And for that, I’ll need dedicated IP addresses. I would prefer if there is a VPS or dedicated server solution which has a package for multiple dedicated IP addressesQuestions:1) For my business, would you recommend VPS or dedicated-server or do you think I am fine with what the shared hosting reseller account with HG I have already? If a VPS or dedicated server is justified, which provider do you recommend that suits my needs?2) Will I truly see a notable and significant improvement by upgrading from my current state to a VPS or dedicated server?3) Will I need a firewall to ensure security for the 4,000 clients? How can I optimize the security of my clients?4) Privacy is a very important concern (not that I'm doing anything illegal). I use GoDaddy to do a private whois so it does not reveal my name or address. If I switch to VPS or dedicated server, should I be concerned that people can use the IP address of the website to identify me? What approaches can I take to protect my privacy?5) What do you think of slicehost.com? I was recommended to use this. I thought maybe the 256 slice plan would be appropriate for me, but I don't know what linux distribution to use: Ubuntu, CentOs, Fedora, Gentoo, Debian, etc. Heck, I don't even know the differences and I don't plan on playing around with anything on the server.I really appreciate your help in this matter. I am a totally newbie when it comes to this hosting stuff.
View Replies!
View Related
Dedicated Server Hosting With Self DNS Record Submission
I was using dedicated server from ev1servers.net. They are excellent. One of the feature .. unless I forgot was the ability to add our domain record to their DNS server by ourselves. I think it was controlcommand, or commandcenter, or was it controlcentre , I forget. This feature is very fascinating as I can make my site up and running within second. [I know where to register domain with real time activation, and I have reseller account with WHM] So everytime I have an idea of making a website. All of this cycle can be done within seconds , and my site is up and running. [register domain, create account in WHM, and populate the DNS record] Anybody know any dedicated server provider which offering this kinda feature this day?
View Replies!
View Related
Regular Shared Hosting Vs. VPS Vs. Dedicated Server
My head is about to explode with all the information available in regard to regular shared hosting verses VPS verses dedicated server and I still don't have an answer. It will probably be of some benefit to say that I have virtually no experience in any of this aside of having previously published a small website. Of course there are no worries when it comes to something small however, now I am getting into something much larger and am pretty much sitting here like a scared rabbit in the face of trying to make the right host decision. Let me start by saying that my site is a reverse auction type of site that will also have a forum, blog, small auction venue etc. Users will be uploading files and communicating within the site as well. It might help to say that it is similiar to getafreelancer.com. We won't have a technical theme but the set up is similiar. My question is....I don't know what kind of host to go with! I originally thought IX but then read up on the dishonesty involved with claims of unlimited bandwidth. Then I thought about VPS which I guess is different from regular hosts but I'm not clear as to why. It's still shared isn't it? Finally, I'm thinking about a dedicated server. I have found a place called server4you.com that has reasonable prices but I still need to check them out. The problem with this option is that I have absolutely no understanding of the tech side of dealing with my own server. I know that some companies offer a managed option but they are so expensive and I don't even know what that would entail. Plus what about security, how does that work with a dedicated server. For example, when shared hosting companies list options that come with a package, SSL is always mentioned for e-commerce hosting. How would I secure my own site? How in the world is someone supposed to know how much space they need before they publish? You really can't determine data transfer ahead of time. I am in dire need of some good options that won't bleed me dry and I barely know of the right questions to ask.
View Replies!
View Related
High Traffic Hosting Solution (dedicated Server?)
I'm working on launching this online store for a poster designer, and we're becoming more and more aware that we need a really robust and fast server. This site is looking at extremely high levels of activity whenever this designer posts a new poster. We're talking 1700 people surfing the store (downloading med-high resolution poster images) and 300 posters sold in 16 seconds kind of thing. So, we need a really robust hosting, to work with PHP5 and MYSQL. My previous go-to hosting provider was Lunarpages, but their customer service has gone down the crapper, and I've just about had it with them. My main questions are: Should I be looking into getting a dedicated server, or are there hosting companies that can handle this kind of traffic on a shared server? I don't have experience administrating a server, so if we got a dedicated one we would have to pay the host to do at least some of the setup/administration, I would assume? Dedicated server or not, what's a hosting company that has really good customer service, where we can be assured of getting somebody knowledgeable without having to wait on hold for 20 (or even 10) minutes?
View Replies!
View Related
Cloud Hosting - To Me A 'Blackbox'
Cloud hosting is still a 'blackbox' to me ... hope anyone can answer me. I have 5 questions to start the discussion with. What is cloud hosting? Is it cheaper than (shared/dedicated/semi-dedicated) server hosting? Is it secure? How many SSL license I need to purchase if I host my website (one website) in cloud? Which cloud hosting you recommend and why?
View Replies!
View Related
Dedicated Web Hosting Server In British Virgin Islands
One of my more 'interesting' clients is asking if we can source a dedicated hosting server that we can lease for him that is physically located in the British Virgin Islands (BVIs). Google isn't turning up anything obvious. Are there any dedicated hosting servers based in the BVIs that are available for rent/lease/purchase?
View Replies!
View Related
|
TRACKER
